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Memories Recorded

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I’m writing this down so I don’t ever forget it. A little background before I begin: I received my Twitter updates on my cell phone from about 9 PM to 9 AM, otherwise I have it turned off so I don’t get woken up in the middle of the night from all of you crazy night time twitterers.

So I’m sitting at the table at BJ’s Brewhouse restaurant with Gene. My phone makes its little “You’ve got a text message” sound so I go to check it. It’s a Direct Message on Twitter from Gene (the sexy azn boy sitting right next to me at the table, mind you) and it says “I’m gonna marry you soon!”. My heart instantly melted and was sitting under my chair in a nasty hearty-ish puddle. It doesn’t take much with me! So.. the only nice thing to do was send him a Direct Message back that read “Not if I marry you first.”

So that’s my little quip from yesterday. I got my bridal portraits done yesterday afternoon. I was in and out of dress for about 4 hours and I was totally exhausted last night. I’m gonna call the guy around noon today and try to make it over to his place to pick up the CD with all of the pictures on it. Thankfully I had my mom, Layla and Malinda with me so they were able to ease the tension some. I hate being in NORMAL pictures so you can imagine how bad these were.

Last night we headed over to The Conservatory and saw a band that we love play, The Forecast. They put on a good show and I had a great time! I sweat my ass off and sang until my heart was content. While standing there singing and just having so much fun I was thinking about getting old. I don’t know why but that has been on my mind a lot lately. Maybe because I’m about to take the next step into Gene & I’s relationship and that is a pretty grown up thing. But anyway, I was thinking about how I love to go to shows and dance and sing and tap my foot with the base and drums but on the other hand I cannot wait until Gene and I start our own family with babbbbieessss! I want both! And I know it is manageable and it CAN happen, you just have to be smart about it. That is just what whas on my mind throughout the show. How I felt so old standing next to all of those silly teenagers. It was a lot of fun. There is one thing about going to shows… You’re standing in a [sometimes] pretty tight crowd of people, especially if you’re fighting to hold your spot near the stage. These are people you don’t know, never met or even spoken a word to. But regardless, you have ONE thing in common. You love music, you love this band, you love these shows. The last show we went to was Broadway Calls and there was a pretty small crowd. But the love? The passion? It kicked ass out of the show we went to last night, that had a pretty HUGE crowd. I’m not saying The Forecast put on a bad show, I’m just saying that the crowd wasn’t all that great. There was only about 5 of us that I could tell that were really enjoying ourselves and feeling the connection.

So it doesn’t really matter how big or how small the show is. The people who are coming out to see the band are the ones who make the difference. They are the ones who create the atmosphere.

Chili Update & More Wedding Nonsense

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I thought I should update everyone on my Chili Saga because I know there are at least three hundred thousand of you that have been waiting and wondering, Did they ever finish off The Chili? Was there any leftover? Did Candace completely lose her shit? Well, on Thursday night we ate Chili with Cornbread and I’ll tell ya right now, we finished off The Chili!!! It was a glorious moment for me and I’m not going to lie, I kind of missed The Chili when Friday evening rolled around. Not to mention, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do for dinner on Friday. I almost felt a little lost and out of place. I had to get my shit together and successfully pulled through with fried onion & potatoes, mac & cheese and baked polish sausage with bbq sauce. It was y-u-m-i-l-i-c-i-o-u-s yumilicious!

So on to more exciting things… The Wedding… Letsee, how much do we have left? Oh yeah, a LOT. Well, not a LOT but there are quite a few little things we need to do and according to my little Date Timeline Countdown Thinga-ma-jig over there, there is only 18 days left! Ohmygosh. And that means I have to have my house completely cleaned in only 15 days because i’ve got family and friends flying in from all over the Country.

We met with the wedding lady on Saturday and gave her the final payment, as well as a few things she will need to decorate the tables and stuff. Talked about final things like cheesecake, flowers, table arrangements, where we will walk, etc. I’m getting really excited now! Probably sometime next week during the week or next weekend Gene and I are going to go up there and hook up our speakers and whatnot so we can get an idea of where to hook up the sound stuff. We also might take our Karaoke Machine to the reception just for fun. It looks like on the actual wedding day itself while us girls are out getting all girlied-up Gene and his brother are in charge of heading up to the country club to get the speaker systems and stuff hooked up. We’re going cheap-o and not having a DJ so we’re going to make a mixed CD and see how that goes.

On April 10th, I have two very good friends (whom I’ve never met before, as we’ve been friends on The Internets for the last 15 years?) flying in from out of state and then on the 11th I have another friend flying in (same situation). Gene’s parents will be staying with us as well. So it will be a full house but I think all will work out fine. We originally planned to have a Karaoke party at our house on the wedding night but I think we are also considering doing Extreme Bowling now. I need to call the bowling alley and talk to them about it and see what is or isn’t possible.

Gene and I have a Pre-Marital Workshop to attend on April 5th and then we’ll go get our marriage license. I know I’ve mentioned this before but a marriage license in the state of Oklahoma is $50 but if you attend a state sanctioned pre-marital counseling you can get a $45 discount. So essentially we’re hoping to get our marriage license of $5!

These next 3 weeks are going to be SO busy. I don’t even have time to get on the computer anymore at home. Things have been so hectic. The good news is that Gene and I booked our Walt Disney World vacation on Sunday night!!! We’re going from June 19th through June 26th. June 25th is our 10th anniversary of being a couple and I really wanted to be on our Wedding Vacation [read: Honeymoon] during our anniversary. We’ll have been together for a DECADE and I want to mark that in an extra special way. A marriage license is.. well.. it makes everything legal but it sure as hell doesn’t define my relationship with Gene. The last 10 years? Now THAT defines our relationship! So anyway, I am more than excited about this because I’ve NEVER been to WDW and I’ve always wanted to go since I was a kid.

Wedding Favors… Check!

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So I started putting these little guys together yesterday afternoon. Made tons of progress, thanks to the future hubby ;) This morning I finished them up and I am pretty happy with them! My original plan was to make some custom stickers to put on the sides of the boxes but I kind of like how simple they turned out.

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Filled with 1 custom fortune cookie & 2 custom hershey nuggets.

I had to use 2 different pink ribbons because Hobby Lobby was sold out of the pink polka dot ribbon. I only have about 10 or so with the non-polka dot ribbon. About 6 or so boxes wont have charms on them because Wal*Mart is an evil, evil corporation. The charms came in packages of 20… or so I thought! Apparently each package I bought was short some. UGh. Oh and excuse the crooked ribbons on these. After tying your 95th ribbon, you start to lose sight of all of your usual anal tendencies and the carpal tunnel pain is oh so annoying.

Time appears to be flying

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…at the speed of light. It honestly feels like just yesterday we were celebrating Leap Day and here it is.. what? The middle of March? What?! I can’t even hardly believe that we are a mere 28 days away from our Wedding. I haven’t picked out all of the reception music and I haven’t booked a place for the rehearsal dinner. Lots of little things to wrap up that I need to get to workin’ on ASAP.

This week was one of the most trying weeks I’ve had in a very long time. There was a lot of crying and self doubt involved. I have no idea what was going on. Maybe my hormones wigged out a little on me? No idea. But I feel much, much better now. I know some of it had to do with my weight issues. I’ve really been beating myself up for letting myself gain 20lbs back that I had lost in October of last year. I worked so hard to lose all of that weight and then just lost sight of myself and stopped caring. But I’m not going to dwell on that any longer, I’m just going to keep working harder and harder to lose the weight. I am down about 12 to 13lbs as of this morning and I will keep on truckin’! I feel great because I can now eat HALF a PB&J and a couple of peach slices and be completely satisfied. That’s progress, my friends!

Yesterday Gene had oral surgery. He had a root canal back when he was in high school and there is now a really horrible infection in that one tooth, that is in the bone. They had to extract that tooth yesterday morning. He is doing a lot better although we did have a little scare last night when he pulled the gauze out and it appeared that it pulled the blood clot and was bleeding a bit. So they are going to wait for the incision to heal and then we will find out if he can have an implant put in where that tooth was. The tooth that was pulled is the tooth that is right next to the wisdom tooth so it is very important for eating. If they can’t do an implant for some reason, they will have to also extract the tooth above it otherwise he could have some major issues with that tooth. Something about the top tooth not having a bottom tooth to rest on? I dunno. Dentist mumbo jumbo! He also needs to see an orthodontist about straightening out his bite a little because the tops of his teeth are being worn down, almost as if he was grinding his teeth.

Anyway.. that is what has been going on. Nothing really exciting. I’m still writing out my Thank You cards from the bridal shower. I’ll have them mailed out on Monday. I unpacked most of my bridal shower goodies last night. I washed all of the dishes and stuff and got them put away in cabinets. I still want to organize some of my cabinets, just haven’t had the time. There is a pretty big pile of empty boxes in my kitchen floor right now!

The Update

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I have been so unbelievably busy! I know that is always the excuse but I really haven’t sat down at my computer long enough to write up a post about what has been going on. The biggest thing is that on Friday my Aunt/Uncle and their kids came into town from Illinois for my Bridal Shower that was on Saturday. I had such a great time with them and I had to fight the tears on Sunday morning when it was time for them to say goodbye. I love them all so much!

Bridal shower was great. Surrounded by friends and family and felt so extremely grateful for everything.

I’m getting REALLY excited now about the wedding. It’s comin’ and comin’ fast! Only a little over 4 weeks left. Can you believe that? I sure as hell can’t! The great news is that THREE of my long-time (I’m talkin’ about 10+ years back) Internet friends are coming to the wedding! I am ecstatic to finally get to be with them and hang out and stuff. I just keep thinking this may be the start of some great “real life” friendships. I know they live far away, all of them, but I think once you make that FIRST move it can only lead to more “meetups” and stuff like that. Anyway, the point is that I am beyond thrilled that they want to be there with me on my special day. Means the world to me.

Work has been busy as usual. Life has been crazy. There are 4 day old dishes in my sink at home. There are boxes and gifts scattered all over my living room and kitchen floor. There are Thank You cards that need to be written. Just a lot of stuff that needs to get done! Yesterday was Malinda & Layla’s birthdays so we celebrated that and didn’t get home until after 11 PM. Tonight there is a band playing, Broadway Calls, in the city and we’re SO going! Their music gives me goosebumps. Love it.

So… Maybe tomorrow I can catch up on “life” things, like writing Thank You cards and doing dishes and cooking an actual meal and hey, I got a great idea, going to the GYM! Ugh. Need to lose weight :( I’m down 10 pounds but I need to lose another 5-10 in the next 4 weeks.. If I go to the gym and do what I need to do, I think I can achieve that.

Wedding Shoes

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Wedding Shoes

So when I tried on my wedding dress and then had to stand there for what seemed like forever I was wearing (or “trying on”) some ballerina type slippers they were selling in the store for $25. Needless to say, we were in there for 2 1/2 to 3 hours and when we were leaving my feet were absolutely killing me. I gave the slippers back to the lady and told her I was going to keep shopping around even though in my head I knew what I was going to wear to walk down the isle: Crocs!

Now, all of you Croc Haters listen up, I am the kind of person who really does enjoy cute and adorable and sexy things. However, I am not the kind of person who is going to sacrifice comfort just to look cute, especially if I am going to have to be uncomfortable for longer than 30 minutes. I generally don’t like the look of crocs, so I agree with the Croc Haters in that they aren’t the most attractive shoe ever. So, I went online and bought these Pearl (or grey/silver) Mary Jane style Crocs. They’re adorable! I have a black pair that I wear ALL the time. They actually look really cute with capris or skirts. Anyway where was I?

Oh yeah.. So I bought some lacey/sparkley ribbon, some pink organza ribbon and some teeny tiny white cala lilies. I wrapped all of this stuff through the little holes on the crocs and over the top strap. I left the heel strap plain because I don’t really want itchy ribbon and wire irritating my heel/ankle all night. So here are my wedding shoes. The ones I’ll be walking down the isle in! And all of the women at the reception wearing their high heels are going to be envious of the comfort I will be.

Productivity is my friend

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I got so much accomplished today when it comes to Wedding Nonsense! I love how much we got done and makes me feel so much better about this whole thing. Looks like we are going to get the invitations mailed out on Monday.. which was my original deadline. Here is what we did today:

  • Bought ribbon for to wrap around the chinese takeout boxes (wedding favors)
  • Bought stencils and stencil cutter for my “project” with the driving directions to the wedding site.
  • Designed, printed, and cut out the driving directions to go into the invitations.
  • Designed and printed the labels to go on the Hershey Nugget Chocolates that I’m going to have on the tables.
  • Finished the invitations!
  • Ordered Gene’s wedding band !!!!!
  • Got some CUTE light pink (“cotton candy”) crocs for the wedding.

All I need to do is print the envelopes and then get the invites put together. Tomorrow we’re going to my grandma’s house so that I can watch Grandma while Mom takes Grandpa to the emergency room. He’s really, really sick and their family physician passed away a few months ago. I’m going to take all the wedding stuff with us so we can assemble them tomorrow while we are there.

7 more weeks!

P.S. I love our new oven! Last night we baked a batch of Green Tea Muffins, No Pudge Fudge Brownies, Whole Wheat Banana Bread and today I made some garlic toast with the broiler and healthy alfredo on the stove top. OH YAH! We also baked up a family size Lean Cuisine Pizza in there with the “pizza” setting.. It was BOMB! I can’t believe how delicious it was!